- Date
- January 28, 1983, 19:06 local (Jan 29, 1983, 00:06 UTC)
- Place
- Atlantic City, NJ
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N310TACessna 310R
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 35026
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The flt proceeded routinely from chicago to Atlantic City. Communications and procedures all seemed routine and normal and at 1901 local control at Atlantic City informed the pilot that he was one mile out and should be picking up the 'rabbit' momentarily. At 1902 the controller asked the pilot if he was on the ground or did he go around? The pilot responded that he was 'in the go-around.' Local control then issued missed approach procedures. The flt did not respond to the instructions nor to any subsequent transmissions. At 1907 an explosion was reported in the vicinity of the garden state parkway. The acft struck trees 5,900 ft beyond the departure of the 10,000 ft rwy on a track of 110 deg. The trees in the area were about 45 ft high.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N310TA
- Reported as
- Cessna 310R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310Q0504
- Airframe hours
- 2,986
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-VO, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gerald H. Servos
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 5, 1982 · 24 hours before
- Departed
- DPA · Du Page, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ACY · Atlantic City, runway 13, 10,000 × 180 ft, macadam
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Invalid Medical for flight
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 750 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 250° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ACY, 2 nm away